The exterior design of the China Pavilion at Osaka Expo Photo: Courtesy of China Architecture Design and Research Group .

Shortly after dawn, more than 200 monks from an order of Tibetan exiles carry carefully bundled scriptures and 108 gold-gilt Buddha statues in a long procession toward the site revered as Siddhartha ...

Influenced by Irish writer Samuel Beckett's work, Lai created Footfalls: Beckett in the Ancient Chinese Garden in 1989, and ...

The title role is beautifully sung by American-Canadian soprano Sondra Radvanovsky who handles the transition from callous ...

In a maze of hutongs in central Beijing, the Mandarin Oriental has opened its second hotel in the capital city. Some of the ...

People graft apple trees for many reasons. The main one is that apple trees planted from seed almost always produce fruit with inferior flavor to the fruit from the parent ...

Featuring diverse spring colors and dynamic illuminations, the annual Huazhao Festival kicked off at the Yuyuan Garden in ...

Diverse elements of Chinese culture and civilization have influenced Persian literature, particularly Persian poetry. Many ...

The Ritz-Carlton today announced its highly anticipated debut in the historic city of Suzhou, nestled in China’s Jiangsu ...

Suzhou is known as a city of gardens, with its numerous classical gardens considered some of the most beautiful in the country, and nine of them serving as UNESCO world heritage sites. Throughout ...

Traverse the four seasons, return to spring, bringing the year's most captivating season of blossoms. Cherry blossoms, ...

A tourist visits the Lion Grove Garden in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Bo) SUZHOU, March 18, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Suzhou is ...